Dr Thomas Nchinda is a Cameroonian medical doctor; he was a University Professor before working at the World Health Organisation in Switzerland for the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Disease (TDR). He also worked as a Public Health Specialist for the Global Forum for Health Research. The 12 wise men and women’s report In […]
Read moreCOHRED works in close collaboration with the RIMAIS network (Ibero-American Ministerial Network on Learning and Research for Health), to strengthen the managerial capacities and knowledge of managers of National Research for Health Systems. The project was aimed at building the capacities of research for health managers. This was done by running three courses, on policies, […]
Read moreDr Luis Gabriel Cuervo is a Colombian and British father of two daughters. He is a family physician and medical doctor, a researcher and a clinical epidemiologist. He currently works as Senior Advisor for Research Promotion & Development at the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). During the past 8 years, his work has […]
Read moreDr Mario Tristan is one of the funders, the CEO and Director General of the International Health Central American Institute Foundation (IHCAI). He is also the Director of Cochrane central America & Spanish Caribbean branch of the Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre. He is actively participating in the MASCOT project (Multilateral Association for Studying Health Inequalities and Enhancing […]
Read moreCheck on this positive feedback (in French), from the Ministry of Health of Benin, about the WAHO Web workshop recently done in this country.
Read moreIn this interview, Prof. John-Arne Rottingen – visiting Professor, Harvard School of Public Health – speaks about investing in health research, and COHRED’s role.
Read moreIn this interview, Dr. Gerald Keusch, co-chair of the COHRED Board and Associate Director of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Boston University, speaks about 20 years of COHRED and the issue of investing in health.
Read moreGlaudina Loots is Director of Health Innovation at the South African Department of Science and Technology. She concentrates on enabling research and innovation that leads to discovery and evaluation of new drug and treatment regimes, the development of new vaccines and new robust diagnostics for the identified diseases or conditions, as well as the development […]
Read moreDuring COHRED’s 20th anniversary dinner on 26th March 2013 (held during the COHRED Colloquium in Geneva), two ex-members of the Commission on Health Research for Development passed their messages on: Dr. Adolfo Martinez Palomo and Dr. Gelia T. Castillo (via Dr. Jaime Montoya). COHRED’s Executive Director, Prof. Carel IJsselmuiden, also said a few words. Kindly see below the videos of […]
Read moreWest African Health Organisation (WAHO) is the health institution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Its main objective is to bring to West African peoples high quality health care by promoting integration, collaboration and resource sharing between the member states. WAHO, in his second strategic plan 2009-2013, develop a research programme with an […]
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